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Google Voice Officially Goes Mobile, Device-Agnostic

Jason — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:38:18 +0000

Early Tuesday morning, Google announced the launching of a revamped Google Voice mobile site. This web app allows Google to circumvent restrictive factors like Apple's App Store. It also makes the app relatively device agnostic. Though it is only currently supported by the Palm Pre and iPhones with OS 3.0 or higher, the app would work for any phone supporting HTML 5 in its browser app. This article will cover screenshots of the new functionality and how to make it more accessible on your Palm Pre or Pixi.

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A Guide To Google Voice

Jason — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:48:35 +0000

Google Voice is the latest technology that I've been excited about. It has a lot of features and helps make a phone number yours instead of just something that the phone company loans to you. Google Voice allows you to have one phone number and direct where it goes, such as your office phone, your landline, your cell phone, or all three. From there, you still have many more options and features to take advantage of.

Where Did This Come From?

Google Voice is a relaunch, currently in invite-only Beta, of the GrandCentral service Google acquired in 2007. Most of the previous GrandCentral features have survived the migration and seen additions. Former GrandCentral customers were also the first to have access to the Google Voice private beta.

The Process

Since Google Voice is currently available as an invite-only service, you'll need to request your invitation from Google first. In consulting with others on the service, it seems to take about a week to a little more than a week between the request and receiving the invitation. Once you receive your invite, the setting up process can begin.You sign into Google Voice with your Google account at www.google.com/voice The first task will be to choose your Google Voice number. You do this by searching by area code. You can specify strings of numbers you want to appear in your number and it will go out and search for available numbers that match your search.

This is an excerpt of an article from 404 Tech Support. Read the full article here: A Guide To Google Voice

Palm Pre Shortcuts

Jason — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:18:12 +0000

Besides a brief stint with the Samsung Blackjack, the Palm Pre is my first smart phone. Despite that, I'm finding it very easy to use and intuitive. Here is a list of all the things I had to go look up though. Of course, if I had read the Palm Pre User Guide (PDF), the list would have been shorter.To make sure we're speaking the same language, here's a diagram of the Pre's keyboard so we can keep terminology consistent. (Click the image to make it bigger.)

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Palm Mojo SDK for the Palm Pre

Jason — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:27:25 +0000

I'm now the proud owner of a Palm Pre and I'm looking forward to being able to possibly develop some Apps for it.

The SDK for the Palm Pre is currently in pre-release and early access form only. There is also a huge NDA to go along with it.

The SDK makes use of Java, Safari (for debugging), and VirtualBox (for emulation).

You can sign up for early access to the SDK at the Palm Developer site. There you can also read the first chapter of the developer's guide for developing with the Mojo SDK.

This is an excerpt of an article from 404 Tech Support. Read the full article here: Palm Mojo SDK for the Palm Pre